Monday, 2 January 2017

Hammers Get AFCON Reprive

The AFCON
poses a major problem for many Premiership clubs as they find
themselves without their African stars. For West Ham the loss of Cheik Kouyate
in particular is a major blow that is likely to greatly impact upon
our fortunes during January.

Similarly, having
finally recovered from a prolonged injury, Andre Ayew will be whisked off to
play for his native Ghana - just when he seemed to be finding his form in the
Hammers side. However, in better news, both Kouyate and Ayew have been given
permission to appear in today's crucial match at home to Man United.

In other news,
Sofiane Feghouli has been left out of the Algerian squad and can thus focus
upon revitalising his Hammers career. While our Summer signings have mostly
failed to impress, Feghouli has been a more complicated case in that at times
he has looked impressive but simply has not been able to achieve the
necessary consistency.

The next few games
will be a serious test for some of the players around the fringe of the first
team - Obiang, Lanzini, Fernandes, Feghouli and Nordtveit will all be
hoping to find some decent form. COYI!!!